The Devil's PlaygroundFROM THE WINNER OF THE 2021 McILVANNEY AWARD COMES ANOTHER GRIPPING, COMPLEX MASTERPIECE . . . 'Russell writes a pacy, ever twisting mystery that will keep you turning the pages.' Ian Rankin 'When it comes to Gothic crime, Craig Russell is peerless. Absolutely stunning.' M W Craven FROM CWA DAGGER AND DOUBLE McILVANNEY AWARD WINNER CRAIG RUSSELL COMES ANOTHER DARK, GRIPPING MASTERPIECE . . . A dark, riveting thriller set in 1920s Hollywood about "the

One is a surgeon and conceives a devilish plan - to separate the freakish creature from the 'twin'

Both a coming of age novel and a literary thriller

and the truth that may be found when our most treasured beliefs are revealed as illusions

it's not long before Morgan becomes a worthy adversary to Merlin

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and more far-reaching than the murder of a couple of prostitutes

Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch had it all

In A Sort of Life Greene recalls schooldays and Oxford

So when an English couple come to visit with tales of a murder that took place in a hotel the same day their daughter Cecily was married there

they face their greatest challenge

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He gets into trouble when he proclaims himself a loyal subject of King George III